Tribble Effect

A phenomenon that occurs when in Star Trek Online, someone pets their tribble, and others nearby proceed to follow suit.

I went into a crowded space, and petted my tribble. Nearly everyone else nearby who had a tribble petted theirs, as well. Thus, the Tribble Effect.

by B33R Train June 10, 2010

Skyrim Effect

When a sequel gets so much hype and publicity the majority of newcomers to the series are casual fans who know nothing of the past games/movies in the series.

So when is Skyrim 2 coming out?

Skyrim is actually part five in the series excluding the additional games. Take it you never heard of Oblivion either. Classic example of the Skyrim Effect.

by MurderMitten June 20, 2016

worf effect

The principle that, in fiction, the strongest member of the cast gets utterly wailed on in order to establish just how powerful the villain of the week is. Differs from the Red Shirt in that the Red Shirt isn't given any characterization beyond his/her name, while the Worf is a properly developed character. Named after Worf in Star Trek, wherein he kept getting trashed by the bad guys.

Yo, did you see that new show?

Yeah! That tough guy wound up getting curb stomped.

Worf effect, no doubt.

by Intelligence001 August 22, 2019

Grub Effect

When a Fuckboy *cough* *cough Christian Robert Grabinski uses his Un-flattering ways to make the girl he "loves" fall head over heels for him. When he has succeeded he waits 1or2 weeks them BAM! Hits them like and nail and moves to the next girl or species yes he might be homosexual

Damn!! Grub Effect Hit that bitch hard like a rock

by Kyse101 July 28, 2016

Sohl-effect

Code that makes someone a liar.

You tell someone that a piece of code is not working and then it just starts working. The Sohl-effect.

by mosr October 26, 2012

The Lawrence Effect

The Lawrence Effect states that anyone named Lawrence, or affiliated names such as Larry, Lorenzo, Laurens, etc., will cause any person to instantly begin to like them. This relationship does not need to be a sexual one and disregards the amount of time known. This bond grows stronger over time.

Guy 1: Man I can't believe Lawrence just met that girl and she's all over him.
Guy 2: Yeah man it's The Lawrence Effect.

by RiceSun November 19, 2019

The Boardwalk Effect

When you are at a party or gathering of some type and upon arrival you notice the girls aren't good looking. Then after a prolonged period of time at the party or gathering, your standards at that party fall and the least ugly chicks start looking good.

Can also be when you are at a gathering with not that many girls there and just because there's not that many chicks at the party, the ones there start looking good when normally they're not that great or grenades.

Came from a visit to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk where most of the girls there are fat and ghetto. After a few hours there your standards fall and they start looking good.

*at a party*
Bro 1 (11:00pm)- Man this party is kinda wack, the chicks here are not fine.
Bro 2 (11:00pm)- Yeah I feel you man, whatever its early i'm sure it will get better.

Bro 1 (12:30am)- Dude some of these chicks are starting to look good...
Bro 2 (12:30am)- Yeah I know, we need to get the hell out of here, its the Boardwalk Effect.

by ChicoStateTG June 14, 2011